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3.) Download the only good songs off the album, mainly "Welcome to Atlanta" with Ludacris. The other good songs are "Yours and Mine" and "Rock with Me", the only songs where he stays away from materialistic rhymes and instead raps about his life with his woman and his successful history, respectively.

4.) If you're lucky enough to get Freeway on a track ("Hate Blood"), why not have him kick a few bars instead of just the chorus, while Jermaine spends the whole third verse talking, not rapping? This would have been the best song on the album because the beat is gangsta, Jadakiss is on point and Jermaine raps aiight.

5.) Listen to some REAL hip-hop, like the OTHER J.D. (Jay Dee's Welcome 2 Detroit or any Slum Village album), Nas's Stillmatic, Blackalicious' Broken Arrow, The Eminem Show, or Nappy Roots' new album.

6.) Check yo' self if you think this is real hip-hop.

7.) Get Jermaine's first album, Life in 1472, for his best work.

8.) Repeat steps 1-7.


Learn your lesson   November 18, 2001
 5 out of 7 found this review helpful

Jermaine Dupri's skills have even improved since his last solo album "Life In 1472". His beats are plain sensational. And I noticed, they sound more West coast this time. Check out "Ballin' Outta Control" or "Whatever". However, you still can taste his Southern flavor all over the album.

Despite being one of the four top producers in the business, Jermaine is not the best rapper around. But if you got quality guest appearances like J.D., that's no problem at all. Ludacris, Jagged Edge, Jadakiss (of Ruffryders), Nate Dogg or Trey Lorenz (former background-singer of Mariah Carey) all do great jobs.

The only downturn on "Instructions" are the skits - a general problem in rap music today. And those skits get annoying quickly. If it wasn't for them, you could listen to the album all the way from the beginning to the end without even thinking about pressing the skip button. So just regarding the songs, "Instructions" would easily earn five stars. But because of the skits it only gets four. But don't let this prevent you from buying the album. It definitively worth it.


Just produce, and keep your smelly mouth shut. You midget.   November 20, 2001
 5 out of 9 found this review helpful

He can produce, props for that. But he should just keep his mouth shut. Damn, that annoying voice. Damn, it's a shame how he rapes his own beats by rhyming over them.


0 0 0 0 STARS... Instructions to why u should not rap   October 31, 2002
 5 out of 7 found this review helpful

Come on now its puffy daddy without a name change.


Good Disc--But TOO many skits   November 4, 2001
 4 out of 7 found this review helpful

Jermaine Dupri's "Instructions" picks up where "Life In 1472" left off. The CD features many bangers like "Ballin out of control" w/ Nate Dogg, "Welcome to Atlanta" w/ Ludacris, "Hate Blood" w/ Jadakiss, and "Money, Hos, and Power" w/ UGK. Now obviously there a lot of guest appearances on this album, but that is a good thing because JD is more known for his production than his rap skills. Now, while the CD is very enjoyable the only downside is that there are WAY too many skits on the album--7 to be exact. The skits dont take away from the album, but they definitely do not adding anything to them. Overall, I would say buy this CD if you like JD or bounce/party music-just be prepared to use the "next track" button a lot.